i386/100831: sio ignores BIOS information about serial ports - bounty offered

[Jo Rhett]

>> So now I have the exact reverse behavior.  The initialization part  
>> of the
>> console goes to the wrong port, and then halfway through booting I
>> suddently get console on the right port.

Everything is working as expected if you only changed the flags hint.
> I said that the port hint must be changed too.

I asked for specific instructions.  You didn't supply any.  I told  
you what I was going to do, and you said that this should work.  Now  
you're saying I didn't do what I should have.  Please provide exact  
instructions.

>> I think I have to agree with Marcel on this -- device hints aren't  
>> used
>> consistently, and having two different processes read it with two
>> completely different interpretations of it is nonsense.  I can't  
>> fix one
>> without breaking the other.
>
> Just avoid inconsistencies by making all the hints match the unit  
> number
> assignments that you get although these are not the unit number  
> assignments
> that you want.

I haven't the foggiest idea what you mean by this.  Exact  
instructions please?   I'm not kidding, this statement doesn't make  
sense to me.  Everything is fine right now except where the console  
is directed.

I have no problem with the console being sio1, as long as sio1 is the  
console for all parts of the boot/run/shutdown process.  Therefore  
the console flags are the only thing I know to change.

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Jo Rhett
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